Once again, we have anonymously polled our members to ask them what they are being paid. The results are a barometer of the "going rates", as opposed to the union minimums.
These charts are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
| Writers -- see also unit rates | 10% |
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Staff Story Editors 4 |
$1,800.00 |
$3,150.00 |
$6,037.50 |
$3,150.00 |
0 | |
Staff Writers |
$1,800.00 |
$3,200.00 |
$4,500.00 |
$3,000.00 |
+$280.00 | |
| Producers 4 | 37% |
$700.00 |
$4,093.75 |
$6,037.50 |
$3,850.00 |
+$243.75 |
| Directors 4 | ||||||
Directors -- Theatrical features 4,5 |
$3,125.00 |
$5,600.00 |
$12,018.75 |
n/a |
n/a | |
Directors -- TV/Interactive 5 |
$1,125.00 |
$2,254.55 |
$6,000 |
n/a |
n/a | |
Sheet Timers |
17% |
$1,062.50 |
$1,900.00 |
$2,267.00 |
$1,500.00 |
+$400.00 |
| Production Board -- see also unit rates | ||||||
|
37% |
$1,014.38 |
$1,830.00 |
$2,500.00 |
$1,800.00 |
+$30.00 |
|
29% |
$1,094.74.00 |
$1,460.00 |
$1,622.00 |
$1,200.00 |
+$260.00 |
|
40% |
$1,200.00 |
$2,357.89 |
$3,050.00 |
$2,570.00 |
-$212.11 |
| Design | ||||||
|
27% |
$1,600.00 |
$2,500.00 |
$4,415.00 |
$2,625.00 |
-$125.00 |
|
60% |
$1,400.00 |
$2,500.00 |
$4,400.00 |
$2,350.00 |
+$150.00 |
|
33% |
$725.00 |
$1,625.00 |
$3,500.00 |
$1,525.00 |
+$100.00 |
|
19% |
$872.73 |
$1,100.00 |
$1,400.00 |
n/a |
n/a |
|
45% |
+1,091.41 |
$1,450.00 |
$2,000.00 |
$1,377.50 |
+$72.50 |
| Layout | 19% |
|||||
|
$872.73 |
$2,300.00 |
$3,150.00 |
$1,465.00 |
+$835.50 | |
|
$906.25 |
$1,905.50 |
$6,400.00 |
$1,890.00 |
+$15.50 | |
| CGI | ||||||
|
31% |
$1,100.00 |
$1,882.11 |
$3,900.00 |
$1,938.00 |
-$55.89 |
Tech Directors I |
33% |
$1,450.00 |
$2,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
$2,014.000 |
-$14.50 |
Tech Dirs II-III-IV-V |
41% |
$865.35 |
$1,400.00 |
$2,600.00 |
$1,850.00 |
-$450.00 |
TSL rates (all levels) |
16% |
$1,060.00 |
$1,790.25 |
$3,200.00 |
$1,600.00 |
+190.25 |
3D Compositors |
41% |
$1,640.00 |
$2,025.00 |
$2,496.00 |
$2,067.00 |
-$42.00 |
2D Compositors |
22% |
$1,100.00 |
$1,300.00 |
$2,078.00 |
$1,527.00 |
-$227.00 |
Opaquers/Digital Painters |
34% |
$872.96 |
$898.72 |
$1,466.00 |
$900.00 |
-$1.28 |
| Background | ||||||
|
26% |
$937.50 |
$1,968.42 |
$3,600.00 |
$2,000.00 |
-$31.58 |
| Animators | 21% |
|||||
|
$1,527.27 |
$2,653.63 |
$8,784.60 |
$3,608.50 |
-955.87 | |
Character Animators |
$938.00 |
$2,200.00 |
$46,067.00 |
$2,120.00 |
-$14.00 | |
|
$1,091.91 |
$1,768.42 |
$4,363.34 |
$2,025.00 |
-256.58 | |
|
$1,000.00 |
$1,641.00 |
$3,630.00 |
$1,734.21 |
-$93.21 | |
| Assistant Animators | 15% |
| ||||
|
18% |
$1,000.00 |
$1,756.94 |
$4,300.00 |
$1,641.00 |
+$65.94 |
Character Assistants |
$700.00 |
$1,500.00 |
$1,860.00 |
$1,550.00 |
-$50.00 | |
|
$800.00 |
$1,100.00 |
$1,500.00 |
$1,200.00 |
-$100.00 | |
|
27% |
$910.00 |
$1,029.60 |
$1,100.00 |
$1,075.00 |
-$45.40 |
|
33% |
$900.00 |
$915.40 |
$1,200.00 |
$900.00 |
+$15.40 |
| Animation Checking 5 | ||||||
29% |
$1,135.00 |
$1,684.21 |
$1,709.09 |
$1,591.58 |
-92.63 | |
|
$1,150.00 |
$1,318.75 |
$2,500.00 |
n/a |
n/a | |
|
20% |
$1,090.00 |
$1,300.00 |
$1,700.00 |
$1,300.00 |
0 |
| Ink-and-Paint | ||||||
|
44% |
$938.12 |
$1,300.00 |
$1,460.00 |
$1,298.00 |
-$2.00 |
Final Checkers |
21% |
$938.12 |
$1,403.50 |
$1,900.00 |
$1,300.00 |
+$103.00 |
| TOTAL | 29.9% |
(2000: 28.6%) | ||||
1 Of those persons listed in our records as most recently employed in the category, the percentage who responded to the 2001 survey.
2 Some of the minimums listed may be for persons working at union shops at less than journey level.
3 The "median averages listed for the 2000 and 2001 surveys represent the middle rates when the results were listed in order from lowest to highest. These numbers should be viewed in the context of the minimums and maximums, and the percentage of response.
4 Not all persons in this job category are employed under Local 839's jurisdiction; results should be judged accordingly.
5 This year for the first time we have broken out theatrical feature directors from other media.
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